SEATTLE, Aug. 5 [Category: BizAerospace] -- Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group, issued the following news release: * * * Alaska Airlines continues international expansion with new flights to London and Reykjavik... * Our daily nonstop to London Heathrow will connect business and leisure travelers to the largest intercontinental market from Seattle, our growing global gateway For the first time, we're showcasing the striking new exterior design of Alaska-branded 787-9 long-ha  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Begich Silent as Tariffs Drive Up Back-to-School and Prescription Drug Costs * As Alaska families brace for rising costs on everything from school supplies to prescription drugs, Nick Begich is nowhere to be found -- not at town halls, and certainly not standing up for the people he was elected to represent. Why? Because he'd have to explain why he's failing to make life more affo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Democrats Launch "Organizing Summer" Blitz to Press Republicans on Trump's Billionaire-First Budget Key Point: "Democrats are launching a nationwide summer blitz designed to force vulnerable Republicans to defend President Donald Trump's big tax breaks and spending cuts bill -- especially Medicaid cuts that will leave millions of Americans without health care coverage. ... The Democratic Na  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 7 (TNSjou) -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Affordable Programs Prevent Youth Substance Misuse While overdose deaths in the U.S. sharply declined in 2024, they remain high. Almost 90,000 Americans died from drug overdoses between October 2023 and September 2024. Overdose death rates are particularly high in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people. The earlier someone starts substance use, the more lik  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 8 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: * * * Fiber deployments underway in multiple Aleutians Fiber Project communities Crews are building local fiber-to-the-premises networks in Chignik Lake, Chignik Lagoon, Perryville and False Pass * ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Aleutians Fiber Project is entering the final stretch with work underway in Chignik Lake, Chignik Lagoon, Perryville and False Pass. These communities are four of the project  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * IN THE STATES: Republican Senators Bring Home Higher Prices, Economic Chaos, and Health Care Cuts for August Recess * This August recess, Senate Republicans are returning to their home states with baggage that includes spiked costs, Medicaid cuts, and an economy in freefall - and they're feeling the heat from their constituents. From Alaska to Georgia, Iowa to Maine, Michigan to Nort  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 9 -- GCI, a telecommunications company, issued the following news release: * * * Project crews continue fiber deployment in more AIRRAQ Network communities The joint Bethel Native Corporation-GCI project will bring fiber-optic connectivity to 13 Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta communities * ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On the heels of the launch of 2.5 gig residential internet speeds in Bethel, the first community connected through the AIRRAQ Network, project crews remain hard at work   more